Not Even Wrong: A Father's Journey into the Lost History of Autism

In Not Even Wrong, Paul Collins melds a memoir of his son's autism with a journey into this realm of permanent outsiders. Examining forgotten geniuses and obscure medical archives, and beginning to see why he himself has spent a lifetime researching talented eccentrics, Collins shows how these stories are relevant and even necessary to shed light on autism. Paul Collins is the author of Sixpence House and Banvard's Folly: Thirteen Tales of People Who Didn't Change the World. He edits the Collins Library for McSweeney's Books and lives in Portland with his wife and son. A Book Sense selection in hardcover. "Brilliant."-Vanity Fair "Few things are more heartbreaking than learning that your child is destined to be an outsider...Collins conveys this sad truth beautifully. A fascinating portrait of his son. A"-Entertainment Weekly "Striking...Brave man, brave book."-Washington Post "A genre-bending spellbinder."-Newsday "This is a smart, compassionate study of autists-'the ultimate square pegs'-and how they see the world, darkly, through the thickets of their own genius."-Publishers Weekly Also available: Not Even Wrong hc 1-58234-367-5 $24.95 Sixpence House pb 1-58234-404-3 $13.95